#49B2AF#49B2AF

#49B2AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.096 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2AF
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 175)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -30.60, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 31.51, 193.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0937 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.096 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4025, 36.3497, 46.1739)
Luminance	0.3635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2AF #B2494C

analogous

#49B27B #49B2AF #4981B2

triadic

#49B2AF #AF49B2 #B2AF49

tetradic

#49B2AF #7B49B2 #B2494C #81B249

square

#49B2AF #7B49B2 #B2494C #81B249

split-complementary

#49B2AF #B24981 #B27B49

monochromatic

#255B5A #378784 #49B2AF #73C5C3 #9ED7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#49B2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#49B2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2AF

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2AF	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.096 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9c6',
    500: '#49b2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2af;
$custom-light: #87c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.286,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70226,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2AF

secondary

#C49394

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2AF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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